diff --git a/libstarlight/source/starlight/ui/UICanvas.cpp b/libstarlight/source/starlight/ui/UICanvas.cpp
index 6de3eb0..77ad048 100644
--- a/libstarlight/source/starlight/ui/UICanvas.cpp
+++ b/libstarlight/source/starlight/ui/UICanvas.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void UICanvas::PreDraw() {
     drawContext->Clear();
     GFXManager::PushContext(drawContext.get());
     GFXManager::PushOffsetAdd(-scrollOffset);
+    GFXManager::PrepareForDrawing(); // force clear to take so you don't get garbage if nothing renders
     
     VRect vr = ViewportRect();
     
@@ -51,4 +52,3 @@ void UICanvas::PreDraw() {
 void UICanvas::Draw() {
     static_cast<DrawContextCanvas*>(drawContext.get())->Draw(rect + GFXManager::GetOffset());
 }
-
diff --git a/libstarlight/todo.txt b/libstarlight/todo.txt
index 4a914d2..0213efb 100644
--- a/libstarlight/todo.txt
+++ b/libstarlight/todo.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 roadmap to v0.5.1 {
     - make font-not-found not outright crash the app (hopefully)
+    - fix UICanvas garbage-on-empty
     make asset gc actually sweep every 5sec
     maybe entirely replace clearing with transparent knockout on bind?
     implement more blend modes??